@@mekklordafter having access to allure it really can be tbh U just can change the SP searcher spell for it & therefore even Droll cant do anything against that since u only search once
@@deadlineuniverse3189 an ftk deck that has a win rate above 0% is problematic because not getting a single turn to try and do something is completely stupid and unfair. Even for yugioh standards. Getting wrecked by an opponent with a board full of disruptions is one thing, at least you got to try and make plays and there's the potential to still do something and maybe even win, but not even getting a single turn is problematic even if it's 1/100 games.
Ult Condutor Tyranno would really cool to see in DL, hopefully the last leaked dino cards are an indication they are planning to bring de archetype some love
@@Lu_Kadjolo ultimate conductor tyranno being added would likely get misc limited like in the TCG, but it would finally make dinos actually good in duel links, assuming we also get oviraptor
A forgotten card getting busted because we have gotten some new cards (and skills) which happened to synergies too well together. Classic Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links™
This is why I want a format with no skills but with the duel links card pool. They can give out all these skills to these anime decks but for the competitive side keep it down to earth with how it’s played. We look at the cards that did nothing for awhile til “new skill” comes out.
i disagree. without skills they'll find anyway a way to make new decks op compared to previous ones. skills at least makes things more interesting. they just need to nerf some skills a bit but skills are good for the game
@guaritalksaboutcards I used to think like this until they started making skills that made cards appear out of thin air and make you go +1 or 2. Even if they nerf some skills, there's always a new skill being cooked up and break the meta. Besides I'd rather they just make a separate game mode without skills so people can have variety
Checking in with your content is the only way I keep up with whatever fresh cocaine duel links is up to after quitting when master duel dropped. Thank you for continuing to almost convincing me to redownload the game before you show me something that convinced me that I’m better off without it.
This right here is a prime example why draw engines and FTK enablers are limited or banned in the first place. Look at Tempest Magician FTK or the one card Beelze/Flare Metal Infinite that was actually consistent for a time. On a side note, we're ending the year with Arc-V bias and cancer (Mechaba and Trihard-Brigade) but no love for 5Ds out here. T_T
@@mekklord Say what you will about Bond Illuminates, it's outdated. Sadly, aside from Fleur playing unintended builds (YAAAAY lack of restrictions am I right), nothing 5Ds has any love. Can you tell I am sick of the Synchro hate? XD
Responding again with an update, yet another new Skill isn't being used as intended. Pendulum Rebellion. Checked KOG lists and they're 20 Backrow or so.
Laughed my ass off when i'm playing Tenyi against this deck going second, dude summoned a token on my field and it being targeted. Causing my fire Tenyi in hand to activate it's effect and negates it lmao. Yeah this needs to be banned
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You can make 3 options to stop the Pride and Soul FTK. 1: Negate the effects of Spellbook Magician of Prophecy, or any card that allows him to draw 2 cards. 2: Make Spellbook Magician of Prophecy Face down using Book of Moon/Eclipse or any other card. 3: Fill your entire field with monsters in the main monster zone, 90% guaranteed.
After losing to the deck a couple times I managed to win the coinflip and just filled my field instead of popping off so they couldn't give me the token
I tried it, it's funny when you do commence the FTK, but I found it to be very, very inconsistent. If you're second, you're done easily countered since no protection protocols Drawing the cards necessary is a hard time, at least you have the skills to make drawing the cards easier.
Good ol' Duel Links. You drip-feed us support for every old archetype except Heroes(because Jaden needed more yellow button action that ends with him having a board that requires at least 3 removals AND something to pop super poly with), put support that should have been in a deckbuilding box in the 3rd consecutive main set as the only card in the archetype there, and end the year on the wet fart of creating a new brainless ftk deck. I'm really glad I haven't dropped any money on this game in more than 5 years.
i just pulled down to the last pack in a box for the last ultra rare and then lost to somebody using mirror force and equipping psychic blade onto Blue eyes and im feeling like i should just stop playing any game like this ever again because there is nothing good about them and they make my suicidal thoughts keep coming back which is not fun
I'm sorry, but I think if you have those thoughts you should really step away from the game for a bit. This game can be very frustrating (or any competitive game) and it's not good to get emotionally dependent on it u.u For now, rest. If you want, we can talk, tell me why you feel like that. When you feel calmer, I can give you tips to win in scenarios like that too. *hug*
I agree it is extremely annoying to get one shot in or two-shotted by a deck like this however I have discovered by using Unchained or using cards like scapegoat or anything that summons tokens Or monsters on your side of the field can help block their momentum or having monsters that can negate the effects of spell and monsters but then again that only works if it's your turn first or during their first turn but still annoying
Darklords are in an abusive relationship. Konami keeps bringing home Stick & Chair, Hang on Mach with Level Dup, Orcust, now Pride & Soul with Imitation, and blaming Darklords when something breaks. Then they do it again.
Just faced this today. Absolutely stupid deck. Ban that imitation card. While you're at it, limit Darklord Ixchel because she causes nothing but trouble.
Ixchel just came back from 1 and is vital to Darklords rn, it is not that hard to simply ban FTK tools. Into the Void makes more sense to be on the list than Ixchel since it's fully generic and has no downside to slow an FTK down. Ixchel at least needs an engine.
I’m convinced that people at Konami do not think. They released Magicians of Bonds and Unity months ago which is completely unusable, yet they release Dragon of Pride and Soul with a stupid Skill. Can’t wait for HEROs to have another Super Poly turbo Skill, yaaaaayyy (sarcasm
FINALLY someone who has the BALLS to not have the bias towards exodia being "cool", literally its just another ftk strategy, I'm glad what Konami did with Exodia in the OCG turning it into an actual fun playable deck that's consistent as well
Ran into different ftk using dark world combo + elephant statue of disaster with the pride and soul skill. Maybe people will just swap to that though I'm guessing it won't be as consistent
@@fracturedfuture370 funny you say that, I came across 3 players trying to FTK and... One didn't even have the correct skill The other was going second and conceded the third did pretty much the same as the 2nd example except he actually tried.
@@HyperFire16 Bruh. I actually lost to it twice. First time I went second so gg. The second time, I could've won if I did something that Mekklord didn't mention in the vid. If you fill up all your MMZs, you can't get a token(I think), so you only take half the damage. Unfortunately, I put Dragostapelia in the Extra MZ so
Yeah the draw engines don’t matter if you don’t have a 3 card ftk waiting to be drawn. Please don’t nerf these decent engines, nerf the stupid burn card.
KONAMI should limit far more cards than this, because everyone is using the same damn cards and doesn't give the action to think and make A FUN competitive deck... Recently I was thinking of a deck that I would be able to "freely" play my moves outside my Main Phase one. Like let's say... I wanna play the duel from my draw phase! That seemed like a fun concept to me. I believe that Allure Queen + Level Modulation + Magic Wand came from me. It was interesting seeing others playing that... I want others to play INTERESTING and DIFFERENT strategies... not everyone playing the same damn thing! 😡 every 4th or 5th player plays that stinking cyber deck and Zane, level up with the cheaty skills those monsters!, because someone copycat-ed others! GGGAAAARRRGHHH!!! 😑😑 Game used to be think your way, now it's: pay your way... (...) exodia? You only watch how you lose... WHERE! ARE! YOUR CHANCES! OF GETTING TO KOG AT ALL?!! .... 🤬 PURE LUCK! ACCIDENT!
bro no joke i lost my winstreak to rank up to legend rank to this very ftk deck a few hours back................................................. damn you "my deck has no pathetic cards kaiba"!!!!!111111 also kog with zombie link soon mark my words
Remember guys... this is why magic is better. Yugioh has no way to manage extremely powerul combos. Lands are an amazing way to limit the ability for 1st turn kills.
@mekklord i love the art. I love how intuitive yugioh is for the new player. But I really don't think Konami cares about power creep. As long as the new cards bring $. They could give a shit less about player experience. I honestly loved the game 1-2 years ago more than magic. But its just sad to see what it's become. Hell even magic right now is running into an issue with blue having an 80% win rate in standard. Just nuts what these games have turned into
I played against this deck one time and luckily had Blizzard to negate the Imitation. I still do not understand why this card is still legal. Who thought FTK/OTKs in a best of 1 4000 LP format was a good idea?
Thanks Konami for reminding people to not play this game and that they should play something else or go outside to celebrate the New Year, Very Cool 👍 I will follow it and not play this game until they banned this card, Thanks Konami :)
Doesn’t bother me, I don’t like Duel Links. It’s such a bore, going up against AI opponents who do nothing more than put down lame monsters in attack mode.
Pocket is actively terrible. It's the only card game I've seen where going first is objectively a disadvantage(unless you're playing Brock or Misty and draw them t1).
@@neonoah3353i mean its hard to interact with that even if they go second. I mean other decks you can eclipse, BoM. negate monster effect, but this one its either you have compulsary or a monster destruction if not GG. Idk i hate ftks.
@ true but not alot of decks have 3 monsters in the end board. I guess if you notice what skill it is you can. But even then they can equip the spell that makes the token attack 4000, then use the one that doubles it so they are at 8000 and thats it. Only way is negating one if those 2 spells
Nahhhh we are good thx, dont need to be banned. Im assuming im one of the player which implemented this deck to duel links BUT im playing a different version- with dark world instead of those 8 star monsters. Im playing my deck now over 1 year and no one sad anything about this deck. Just get better, what im saying is skill issue. Btw i have 3 more totally different FTK decks, so what you wanna do? Ban other 3 too? One of them is with Thor, second one is slifer the sky dragon, and the third one is secret :) So pls stop complaining about anything!
It needs to be banned but I think Playmaker said it has like a ≈55% win rate, which now that I think about it for an FTK is concerning...
Having any win rate for an FTK deck is still a problem no matter the percentage.
55% winrate is pretty good tbh, plus Playmaker made a couple of misplays in their replays. i believe the deck can easily climb to 70% wr
@@mekklordafter having access to allure it really can be tbh
U just can change the SP searcher spell for it & therefore even Droll cant do anything against that since u only search once
@@wilfridekoue1405I’m sorry but I’m not gonna call an FTK deck problematic once it’s below 20% winrate not counting mirrors.
@@deadlineuniverse3189 an ftk deck that has a win rate above 0% is problematic because not getting a single turn to try and do something is completely stupid and unfair. Even for yugioh standards. Getting wrecked by an opponent with a board full of disruptions is one thing, at least you got to try and make plays and there's the potential to still do something and maybe even win, but not even getting a single turn is problematic even if it's 1/100 games.
This game needs Playable dinosaurs
TRUE
Ult Condutor Tyranno would really cool to see in DL, hopefully the last leaked dino cards are an indication they are planning to bring de archetype some love
@@Lu_Kadjolo ultimate conductor tyranno being added would likely get misc limited like in the TCG, but it would finally make dinos actually good in duel links, assuming we also get oviraptor
A forgotten card getting busted because we have gotten some new cards (and skills) which happened to synergies too well together. Classic Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links™
to be fair its not like Imitation was ever going to be used for anything fair, ever
This is why I want a format with no skills but with the duel links card pool. They can give out all these skills to these anime decks but for the competitive side keep it down to earth with how it’s played. We look at the cards that did nothing for awhile til “new skill” comes out.
starting to agree with this take......
i disagree. without skills they'll find anyway a way to make new decks op compared to previous ones. skills at least makes things more interesting. they just need to nerf some skills a bit but skills are good for the game
@guaritalksaboutcards I used to think like this until they started making skills that made cards appear out of thin air and make you go +1 or 2.
Even if they nerf some skills, there's always a new skill being cooked up and break the meta.
Besides I'd rather they just make a separate game mode without skills so people can have variety
Nah, i'd say bring back the way of the old skill.
A new ranked mode with KoG that requires no skills would be perfect. No anime bs skills
Checking in with your content is the only way I keep up with whatever fresh cocaine duel links is up to after quitting when master duel dropped. Thank you for continuing to almost convincing me to redownload the game before you show me something that convinced me that I’m better off without it.
no worries!
This right here is a prime example why draw engines and FTK enablers are limited or banned in the first place. Look at Tempest Magician FTK or the one card Beelze/Flare Metal Infinite that was actually consistent for a time.
On a side note, we're ending the year with Arc-V bias and cancer (Mechaba and Trihard-Brigade) but no love for 5Ds out here. T_T
three arc-v events in a row feels a bit much tbh
@@mekklord Say what you will about Bond Illuminates, it's outdated. Sadly, aside from Fleur playing unintended builds (YAAAAY lack of restrictions am I right), nothing 5Ds has any love. Can you tell I am sick of the Synchro hate? XD
Responding again with an update, yet another new Skill isn't being used as intended. Pendulum Rebellion. Checked KOG lists and they're 20 Backrow or so.
I lost to this stupid thing too, but it was only because I didn't read the stupid burn card. I didn't realize it could destroy my tokens.
imitation is one of the cards of all time :)
Laughed my ass off when i'm playing Tenyi against this deck going second, dude summoned a token on my field and it being targeted. Causing my fire Tenyi in hand to activate it's effect and negates it lmao.
Yeah this needs to be banned
LMAO. FUNNIEST TENYI REPLAY
One thing that wasn’t garbage 🗑️ about this year was finding your channel I really enjoyed your videos and hot takes on the meta u say exactly all of us are feeling ❤. EARNED A NEW SUBSCRIBER
thank you!! :3
0:53 NEW WORLD LEAKED???
DDUEL LINK
You can make 3 options to stop the Pride and Soul FTK.
1: Negate the effects of Spellbook Magician of Prophecy, or any card that allows him to draw 2 cards.
2: Make Spellbook Magician of Prophecy Face down using Book of Moon/Eclipse or any other card.
3: Fill your entire field with monsters in the main monster zone, 90% guaranteed.
After losing to the deck a couple times I managed to win the coinflip and just filled my field instead of popping off so they couldn't give me the token
We also have Dark Eradicator Warlock FTK
Indeed and thats an FTK I love to use from time to time simply for the lulz.
i can't believe i forgot about that one
I tried it, it's funny when you do commence the FTK, but I found it to be very, very inconsistent.
If you're second, you're done easily countered since no protection protocols
Drawing the cards necessary is a hard time, at least you have the skills to make drawing the cards easier.
Good ol' Duel Links. You drip-feed us support for every old archetype except Heroes(because Jaden needed more yellow button action that ends with him having a board that requires at least 3 removals AND something to pop super poly with), put support that should have been in a deckbuilding box in the 3rd consecutive main set as the only card in the archetype there, and end the year on the wet fart of creating a new brainless ftk deck. I'm really glad I haven't dropped any money on this game in more than 5 years.
Imitation and its partners in crime to 1 would also work
i just pulled down to the last pack in a box for the last ultra rare and then lost to somebody using mirror force and equipping psychic blade onto Blue eyes and im feeling like i should just stop playing any game like this ever again because there is nothing good about them and they make my suicidal thoughts keep coming back which is not fun
I'm sorry, but I think if you have those thoughts you should really step away from the game for a bit. This game can be very frustrating (or any competitive game) and it's not good to get emotionally dependent on it u.u
For now, rest. If you want, we can talk, tell me why you feel like that. When you feel calmer, I can give you tips to win in scenarios like that too.
*hug*
Can't believe you forgot to add the most relevant hand trap of all time, Junkuriboh.
At this point i don't even know why I still play this game anymore
D/D/D Leonidas: My time has come
"If you want to see gameplay you can watch Playmaker's video on the deck."
WOW. I see how it is Mekklord.
Seen people on easily 5 win streaks with this variant.. the pride and soul skill made it waaaaay too consistent
I agree it is extremely annoying to get one shot in or two-shotted by a deck like this however I have discovered by using Unchained or using cards like scapegoat or anything that summons tokens Or monsters on your side of the field can help block their momentum or having monsters that can negate the effects of spell and monsters but then again that only works if it's your turn first or during their first turn but still annoying
Tachyon ftk was cancer but this is even worse
Honorable mention CYBERSE Clock dragon ftk
The bad thing about Yu-Gi-Oh and Buddyfight is FTK exists, but Vanguard isnt safe with its G3K
One thing I know for certain is that I'm blocking anyone who is running toxic decks like that, no questions asked.
The clock wyvern catapult turtle ftk always kills me in ladder, and it always seems super consistent they need to ban that card aswell
Darklords are in an abusive relationship. Konami keeps bringing home Stick & Chair, Hang on Mach with Level Dup, Orcust, now Pride & Soul with Imitation, and blaming Darklords when something breaks. Then they do it again.
This clearly is a sign that orcust support is coming soon.
Just faced this today. Absolutely stupid deck. Ban that imitation card. While you're at it, limit Darklord Ixchel because she causes nothing but trouble.
Ixchel just came back from 1 and is vital to Darklords rn, it is not that hard to simply ban FTK tools. Into the Void makes more sense to be on the list than Ixchel since it's fully generic and has no downside to slow an FTK down. Ixchel at least needs an engine.
I've seen this deck on ladder, but I was playing spectre lp gain turbo and I survived by 100. 7800 damage total counting anchamoufrite
0:53 I was doubtful of this "duel links" at first, but then I saw Mizar on the right so it's all good.
LMAO
I will wait for thick Nibiru Token with Imitation.
Hey mek lord just doin my annual checks hows duel links treating ya? 😂
grrrrrrreat 😊
Thank Yami I KOG'd before the skill landed
I’m convinced that people at Konami do not think. They released Magicians of Bonds and Unity months ago which is completely unusable, yet they release Dragon of Pride and Soul with a stupid Skill. Can’t wait for HEROs to have another Super Poly turbo Skill, yaaaaayyy (sarcasm
I wish tyranoconductor would come to duel links
FINALLY someone who has the BALLS to not have the bias towards exodia being "cool", literally its just another ftk strategy, I'm glad what Konami did with Exodia in the OCG turning it into an actual fun playable deck that's consistent as well
i played a LOT of exodia ftk in the solo mode of that Legacy of the Duelist game. i hated every second of it.
Ran into different ftk using dark world combo + elephant statue of disaster with the pride and soul skill. Maybe people will just swap to that though I'm guessing it won't be as consistent
oh joy 🙃
What about good old Warlock FTK? That’s literally been around for god knows how long, *and became insanely consistant because of Bane of Darkness*
and has never been addressed :)))
Thanks Konami :)
I'm glad I'm still on plat rank
Lmao I was about to climb outta plat last night and got done by the FTK, you are not safe.
@@fracturedfuture370 funny you say that, I came across 3 players trying to FTK and...
One didn't even have the correct skill
The other was going second and conceded
the third did pretty much the same as the 2nd example except he actually tried.
@@HyperFire16 Bruh. I actually lost to it twice. First time I went second so gg. The second time, I could've won if I did something that Mekklord didn't mention in the vid. If you fill up all your MMZs, you can't get a token(I think), so you only take half the damage. Unfortunately, I put Dragostapelia in the Extra MZ so
Any FTK deck with less than a 10% win rate is okay.
most of them are wayyyyyyyy morr consistent than that tho
that was the case i played a game vs this deck i was shocked its was my first time lose in turn 1 :D
Happened a few times yesterday in platinum.
Don't forget about duel standby ftk with the burn cards at the start of the game lol
oh yeah that did exist uh
Isn't this like the third FTK this year
wait, THIRD?! i knew about nurse burn ftk but what was the other one?
It wasn't that consistent but warlock FTK with the bane of darkness skill
@@F...B...I There was a link deck with Catapult Turtle too. I believe it was predominantly made up of Crusadia cards.
Exodia blue eyes.
Tachyon
Lyrilusc ghost trick
Nurse burn
Dark magician burn
Now this
Damn, 2024 being the ftk year is crazy
Welcome to another episode of
"Duel Links FUN"
ONE MORE TIME
Today's the 1st time I've fought the deck. Thought it was pretty creative, so I was gonna copy it 😂
Konami might regret unlimiting dark lords
They always do
darklords are not to blame for this tbh
my dark magician deck can be a ftk because duel links hp is to low.
That's an OTK
Yeah the draw engines don’t matter if you don’t have a 3 card ftk waiting to be drawn. Please don’t nerf these decent engines, nerf the stupid burn card.
VALID!!!!!!!
The fleur skill is more bs than this thing 😂😂😂
Dont forget that after the the banlist u can also play allure if darkness there for making that BS even more consistent 😂
Welp time to run lp plus skills
Deck is chokefull of this and pendulum stall. Game is broken
why the made a new skill just pot of greed
God
Please
No cry
I play blue boy draw 2 in almost every deck😂😅
KONAMI should limit far more cards than this, because everyone is using the same damn cards and doesn't give the action to think and make A FUN competitive deck... Recently I was thinking of a deck that I would be able to "freely" play my moves outside my Main Phase one. Like let's say... I wanna play the duel from my draw phase! That seemed like a fun concept to me. I believe that Allure Queen + Level Modulation + Magic Wand came from me. It was interesting seeing others playing that... I want others to play INTERESTING and DIFFERENT strategies... not everyone playing the same damn thing! 😡 every 4th or 5th player plays that stinking cyber deck and Zane, level up with the cheaty skills those monsters!, because someone copycat-ed others! GGGAAAARRRGHHH!!! 😑😑
Game used to be think your way, now it's: pay your way... (...) exodia? You only watch how you lose... WHERE! ARE! YOUR CHANCES! OF GETTING TO KOG AT ALL?!! .... 🤬 PURE LUCK! ACCIDENT!
bro no joke i lost my winstreak to rank up to legend rank to this very ftk deck a few hours back.................................................
damn you "my deck has no pathetic cards kaiba"!!!!!111111
also kog with zombie link soon mark my words
i believe!!
Imo, they should just hit trade in to 3 or 1.
it enables more ftks, including this one, hitting it is better than hitting this spell.
Remember guys... this is why magic is better. Yugioh has no way to manage extremely powerul combos. Lands are an amazing way to limit the ability for 1st turn kills.
yeah i'm fine with OTKs after a very lengthy and late combo with multiple points of interaction, but Yu-Gi-Oh FTKs ain't it
@mekklord i love the art. I love how intuitive yugioh is for the new player. But I really don't think Konami cares about power creep. As long as the new cards bring $. They could give a shit less about player experience. I honestly loved the game 1-2 years ago more than magic. But its just sad to see what it's become. Hell even magic right now is running into an issue with blue having an 80% win rate in standard. Just nuts what these games have turned into
I played against this deck one time and luckily had Blizzard to negate the Imitation. I still do not understand why this card is still legal. Who thought FTK/OTKs in a best of 1 4000 LP format was a good idea?
well, create toxic meta, get stupid ftk decks... 😭
Thanks Konami for reminding people to not play this game and that they should play something else or go outside to celebrate the New Year, Very Cool 👍
I will follow it and not play this game until they banned this card, Thanks Konami :)
just play sky striker w link darkraze, problem solved
u forgot the witch craft ftk too..seriously emergency ban this shit already
Doesn’t bother me, I don’t like Duel Links. It’s such a bore, going up against AI opponents who do nothing more than put down lame monsters in attack mode.
You can play Pokémon tcg pocket instead 😂
yugioh duel links is better
Pocket is actively terrible. It's the only card game I've seen where going first is objectively a disadvantage(unless you're playing Brock or Misty and draw them t1).
I lost twice to this deck. It’s surprisingly incredibly consistent. Its also hard to interact going second too
What deck isnt hard to interact going 2nd if you dont run any handtraps?
@@neonoah3353i mean its hard to interact with that even if they go second. I mean other decks you can eclipse, BoM. negate monster effect, but this one its either you have compulsary or a monster destruction if not GG. Idk i hate ftks.
@@Bgot7 you can summon 3 monsters, and thats that.
They cant summon a token out of imitation if you have no space in your field.
@ true but not alot of decks have 3 monsters in the end board. I guess if you notice what skill it is you can. But even then they can equip the spell that makes the token attack 4000, then use the one that doubles it so they are at 8000 and thats it. Only way is negating one if those 2 spells
@@Bgot7 you dont need an end board, just summon 3 small monsters in defense and thats that, they cant beat over that.
Idk why they thought when they decided to make basically pot of greed as a skill without any real downside
the "downside" is that it's your skill now lol
still better thn DM and BEWD decks
Nahhhh we are good thx, dont need to be banned. Im assuming im one of the player which implemented this deck to duel links BUT im playing a different version- with dark world instead of those 8 star monsters. Im playing my deck now over 1 year and no one sad anything about this deck. Just get better, what im saying is skill issue.
Btw i have 3 more totally different FTK decks, so what you wanna do? Ban other 3 too?
One of them is with Thor, second one is slifer the sky dragon, and the third one is secret :)
So pls stop complaining about anything!
"skill issue" -guy who plays dark world ftk
You guys know the FTK deck sucks right?
Bwahaha im gonna ftk 🎉